diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index b96555e98ab2a2e996ec8edb53a2a29721f93bc5..c815c2234b0883e8098c1c87c108c5b9c52a684d 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ maintainer_email "hpc@gsi.de"
 license          "Apache 2.0"
 description      "System Software configuration and maintenance"
 long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
-version          "0.33.3"
+version          "0.33.4"
diff --git a/recipes/autofs.rb b/recipes/autofs.rb
index c14100a37e82f64f6d859cc3a3b4a02bd00820f3..22f08ae082d27c6f7e813509e91f5230214e309d 100644
--- a/recipes/autofs.rb
+++ b/recipes/autofs.rb
@@ -74,9 +74,10 @@ unless node.sys.autofs.ldap.empty?
   template "/etc/default/autofs" do
     source "etc_default_autofs.erb"
     mode "0644"
-    if node.sys.autofs.ldap.browsemode
+    begin
+      node.sys.autofs.ldap.browsemode
       browsemode = "yes"
-    else
+    rescue
       browsemode = "no"
     end